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Hymenaea courbaril, the courbaril or West Indian locust, [3] is a hardwood tree common in the Caribbean and Central and South America. As lumber it is frequently used to make furniture, flooring, and decoration. Its hard fruit pods have an edible dry pulp surrounding the seeds. Its sap, called animé, is used for incense, perfume, and varnish.
Growing Zones for Containers: 7 and lower. Size: 8 to 10 feet in containers. Growing conditions: Full sun; sandy, well drained soil; keep consistently moist but not overwatered during the growing ...
The flowers of this species are the largest in the genus, and the petals are somewhat larger than the sepals. The five sepals are thick and are deflected when the flowers have opened. The five white petals are approximately 22 mm (0.87 in) long and 12 mm (0.47 in) wide and are set on the edge of a broad hypanthium. Ten free, white, 40 mm (1.6 ...
Site your chaste tree in full sun, where it gets a minimum of 6 hours of direct sun each day. While it will grow with less sun, it will not flower nearly as well. While it will grow with less sun ...
Hymenaea is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. Of the fourteen living species in the genus, all but one are native to the tropics of the Americas, with one additional species (Hymenaea verrucosa) on the east coast of Africa. Some authors place the African species in a separate monotypic genus, Trachylobium. [2]
Magnolia champaca, known in English as champak (/ ˈ tʃ ʌ m p ə k /), [3] is a large evergreen tree in the family Magnoliaceae. [4] It was previously classified as Michelia champaca . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is known for its fragrant flowers, and its timber used in woodworking.
The leaves are simple, deciduous, oval to elliptic with stout petiole, 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in) long and 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) broad, with an acute apex. The flowers are produced in erect panicles 20–40 cm (7.9–15.7 in) long, each flower with six white to purple petals 2–3.5 cm (0.79–1.38 in) long. It has simple leaves with, glabrous ...
Many flowers and plants deemed safe for humans are toxic for cats, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). So, before you buy flowers for your next big ...